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Luke-Jr wrote:
On Saturday 17 June 2006 19:50, you wrote:
Is "Dell's utility thing" the BIOS RAID configuration setup, or something else?
A proprietary "Dellmgr" program they have on their website.
If the BIOS utility doesn't see all the disks, you've probably got something really basic wrong (ie: loose cable, bad HDD, etc).
I haven't actually looked in the BIOS, as that means rewiring my keyboard and monitor, and isn't that adequate a solution for most people who would be using RAID (as BIOS defeats the point of hot-swapping stuff)
Um...OK. It would still make a decent data point for testing. I'm not real trusting of Dell's linux applications.
If you're running headless, have you re-directed the BIOS console to a serial port? You shouldn't need to have a KB/Monitor hooked up to access BIOS setup if it's a recent Dell server machine (ie: the ones that typically come with PERC hardware RAID controllers).
- -- Charles Steinkuehler charles@steinkuehler.net